MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
e-learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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